East Street 22.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Topographic or Assessor's Map Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month /year):
March, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 38B-131 Easthampton NTH.1041 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 22 East Street Historic Name: Edward
M. & Martha M. Rolfe House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1894-95 Source: Reg. of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Carriage barn Major Alterations (with dates): Condition:
good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.115 acres Setting: This house with its carriage barn is one of a number of properties in this 19th century neighborhood that retains its
original outbuilding.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [22 EAST STREET ] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1041 _x__ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much
space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate
the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. The Edward Rolfe House with its fine carriage barn is a well-preserved Queen Anne style property.
The house is two-and-a-half stories in height with a side-gable roof that has a transverse gable bay projecting from its north façade. In the angle of the two sections of the building
is a two-and-a-half story square tower with a pyramidal roof. A three-sided bay window at the second second story of the north façade rests above a full-width porch. The porch has turned
posts supports and scroll-cut brackets at the eaves. It has a Chippendale style railing connecting the posts. There is a second transverse gable bay on the west elevation. It has a three-sided
bay window at the first story. There is also an ell on the south elevation which adds to the plan of the fairly compact house. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history of the building.
Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. From Form B of 1980: “East St.
was extended southwesterly from Munroe St. to Fort St. in the early 1890’s at the time of the Columbus Ave. subdivision. Edward Rolfe, a painter and paper hanger in business with James
Pierce (Pierce & Rolfe: painters, paper hangers and dealers in wallpaper, paints, oils, etc.), had this house built in 1894-95. At the same time Pierce had a house built on the lot next
north.” BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Hampshire Massachusetts, New York, 1873. Hales, John G. Plan of the Town or Northampton in the County of Hampshire,
1831. Miller, D. L. Atlas of the City of Northampton and Town of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, 1895. Walker, George H. and Company. Atlas of Northampton
City, Massachusetts, Boston, 1884. Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860. Registry of Deeds: Bk.167-P.70